Heard: What to Expect From Facebook's Earnings

4/23/2014 1:21PM

What should be on investors’ minds when Facebook reports earnings after the bell? What will it to take to “like” the stock? Heard on the Street’s Miriam Gottfried previews earnings on Lunch Break. Photo: Getty.

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... the highly anticipated Facebook earnings are slated to be reported after the bell today here to tell us what investors will be looking for is heard on the Street columnists Miriam Gottfried when things for joining us my pleasure so what a big thing is that investors will be looking up with the enemy Satan user growth and engagement is a big one ... yes that's always a big one with Facebook because it's so big right now there are some questions about how my spirit can get but it's been really ... good about steadily ... and throwing those numbers and added a surprising rate and eat it for such a big company hasn't been outpacing the other is ... yet lightning Twitter for example has struggled to grow users at aam e adding an increasing rate it's the it's tree has been slowing ... and Facebook has done a really good job of continuing to grow that this figure and has that been reflected in the ad revenue growth ... yes I mean I think that is and it's it that's one of the drivers in ad revenue growth aam ... but also Facebook's ability to kind of ... populate ... on its site with different added to Mana ties its user base on ... beyond the U S that can also be a driver at New Coke is it becoming more profitable I guess we'll find out I mean it is Annie ... and it's doing and ... in ... quite a remarkable job of that transitioning to mobile advertising that have been an issue for investors early on ... people were very concerned about whether bespoke ... couldn't Mana ties the mobile platform decided that although it's you know ... traffic is coming from mobile now but it's really gonna treat job of transition for that ... to that world and ... aam I think that's can it continue to be a focus in this quarter how much of advertising revenue came from mobile is Facebook continuing to grow that percent chance of a Facebook has spent a lot of money acquiring a recently is that good or bad thing from investors ... that ... means be seen it's made investors somewhat nervous and there was the at purchase of WhatsApp for at that time nineteen billion dollars mostly in Facebook stock ... aam ... and there was the purchase of Oculus this and virtual reality goggle company ... these companies really has bred much revenue to speak out ... and neither and then we leave has ego and death in a connection to Facebook ... so it's or ever means be seen how Facebook's can integrate that into its business and they're really good bets on the future the store I tell about that ... that's on ... the ground ... well those and in ... the trial in May and ... I think investors will look for commentary on that during the earnings call because the wanna know what what our future sources of growth in